Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-24

should watch with jealous eye any proposed
change of law calculated to change prices of
products OF of labor. We rs farmers witt
culturists, fruit or ciiru.. growers, ask but the
makers that is extend ed to the manufacturers
anu no more: CIV stfe same protection to the
producer that thT, manufacturer receives, and
1ne pIou sr II be content Let taxation be
eguai.' taA every man for just what he is
mo i1. ana 40 more. tax upon the growing
Or pIospec dive crops of the farmer whether 1t
Ne glow llg grain, fruit trees, vines or orange
groves Is unjust and onerous. Yeu can with
tiie sn,e propriety levy tax upon the pro-
spet live yield of the unopened mine, or upon
tne. probable yield of the dairy Our crops of
.fain, fruit or vines may be blasted Notwith-
standing our loss, the tax must remain the
same, and the farmer and the fruit-grower must
pay it. Corporations should be taxed the same
as the individual citizen. and should be held
amenable to the same law that applies to the
individual citizen. Capital and labor must
stand equal before the laws. One is essential 10
The pro- Ferity of the other, and they should go
hand in hand on the great highway TO prosper
lily. The one cannot succeed without the other.
THE vITIcULrURAL INTERESTS
OF California bid fair to rival the most celebrated
VINE lands of Europe. Cali ornia produces more
grapes and makes more wine than all of the
other states VI the Union We now manufact-
IRE annually about 20 100000 gallons of wine.
We produce as much, if not more, fruit than any
state IN the Union. We have about 10000
acres in vines. California produces about one
thlId OF the barley grown in the United States,
and double the amount grown in any other
state a. the Union. The value of farms in Cali
iolnla Is n &riy S3lQO0u goo. Only eight States
N tne cnlon exceed this in value. In 1880 Cal
lorna produced more wheat than any other
state NO country in the world can produce
S,eh crops OF grapes aad fruit does California.
we nave about l20, 9I7 $40 acres of land. We
Will say about oue-teuth, or 3 GOO Coo is tit for
agricultural purposes, which is far below the
amount or number. One acre of this land will
pIouuce UJu gallons of wine from the pomace,
t@d an additional ten gallons of brandy can be
MADE. suppose that one-haif of the l3 600 coo OF
acres IS devoted to viticultural purposes, we
Woniu have an annual product of 5 900. OO0 Geo
gallons of wine and 5000 coo gallons OF brandy
Fnt the wine at twenty cents per gallon and tie
brandy NJ u per gallon, and the annual product
OF the State of California from vines alone
would be $50 100000 During the last twenty
years we have had but one failure of vines
VIZ; Ioi5l while in France and Germany they
generally have three poor crops out of four
Inc total wine crop or yield of France in q
coed vintage or wine year like 1869, amounted
TO 2JJ, yg0,O0O gallons, or about $40 gallons per
acre. There are about 6, COO 600 acres planted in
vines in France, which sustains population of
ABOUT 6,5OO,O0O wine growers, besides some >,
OJoUOO teamstcrs ard business men, about
oue-tenth Of the entire population. II Calfor-
MA was cultivated in vines. it would sustain
population of between 10000010 and 10, 600 600
of people, as against little over COO 600 to-day
Again. am prompted to eXclaim, What coun-
try and people we are destined to be- Germany
produC es about 50000,CO0 gallons Of wine, or an
average of LEG gallons per acre rs against GOO
gallons per acre in California. From these
idcts, as Cleaned from national statistics, 1t is
1ndlsputable fact that California eXCcls all the
world IN resources and capabilities as wine
producing country.
California is just beginning to produce raj
sins, yet within the few short years that we have
been producing them we have astonished the
world III our productions, not alone in the
quantity, but in the superiority and quality of
our raislns. In citrus-producing and other
fruits, no country under the heavens can excel
our Golden Stote. We are blessed with grand
Countrywide earthly paradise of the viticult-
urlst, the fruit and o1ange-grower.
All we require to insure our success to become
the grandest and wealthiest country and people
upon the earth, is that fostering care which
against foreign importations of adulterated
wines. With these wholesome laws, the viii
culturists of California win become the wealth
lest class OF agriculturists on earth.
BUTTE COUNTY
Has tens OF thousands of acres of choice land
that only awaits the hand of husbandry to Weld
forth It's millions OF cereals, wines raisins, or
angeS, lemons, lines, olives and fruits of every
variety. Butte county can and does grow sue
cessfully without irrigation, wheat, oats, barley,
rye, corn. grass, clover, alfalfa and buckwheat
Hute county can and does grow successfully
every variety of grapes grown in the world.
And, Oh what oIanges-the most delicious ever
tasted py mortal man or woman And | feel
ike adding that if the Butte county orange had
been In the Garden of Eden Eve never would
have been tempted with an apple.
speak from practical test when I say that
grapes grown III Butte county will average from
; to per cent. more of sugar than grapes grown
IN inc Coast counties. Consequently the grapes
grown IN Butte county are far preferable for
table use and for raIsins. Butte county can and
does produce as good raisins as can be produced
i'll any part Of the world.
TO The tourist or emigrant seeking homes and
prohtable Investments, no part Of the world can
UHer better lnduc5ment nor better fields than
those iound right here in the valleys Of Butte
county-rlch and productive soil, healthy eli
mate, line pure water and good society. No
State can boast OF better schools or educational
facilities.
al the fruits grown on the North American
Continent
Butte county can grow fix, cotton, hemp and
Sin Butte county contains a vast area OF land
adapted to the culture of silk. The mulberry
grows as wed here as it does in any other part
OF the world. An acre OF laud planted to null
Derry VIII produce feed sufficient to support CO.
c0ons enough to yield from $50 to $3.50 worth of
SILK 1t Is an easy and interesting employment
ior our boys and girls. l. am acquainted with
two title boys who have been Interested in the
business, and ere long will have established .
thriving industry that viii result in riches to
them.
Butte county contains thousands of acres of
me sllk-producing tree or plant known as the
"iShamnus Calilornicus CGscora Sagrada," or
wild coiiee plant, upon the leaves OF which the
silkwOrm feeds. An eminent writer of Dracti-
cGl experience states that the fiber OF the wild
cocoon produced from the wild coffee plant is
lar stronger than the fiber produced from the
iIHtDt Try tree; that from practical experience
Sl50 can be produced per acre from the wild
coffee plant, which grows pleniifully on the
hills about and around Orovile
LANDS AND THEIR PRODUCTS
Butte county contains ITO, 01O acres of patented
rallrJad land, which can be purchased on long
credit for a. % to e3 per acre. \ large percent
age OF this land is adapted TO growing all the
fruits, vines oranges or citrus grown in Califor-
MIA. Much of this land is covered with the
fines; timber in the state. There are $4,000
acres OF Government land whiting the railroad
grant limits in Butte county. This land is sub
lect to Presumption and homestead entry. Here
IS an inviting field to the immigrant seeking a
home, which he can take free of cost Lands
olives, lime, lemon and the orange. Asan evil
dence OF what | say, and what Butte county
land can and does yield, here quote from a let
ter received from gentleman high in authority
III the affairs OF the Central Pacific Railroad
Office, and one, too, who has repeatedly been
hnnnred by the nennln Gil